To Iceland in a yacht . Not published.
SMITH, (Robert) Angus.
From Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
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AbeBooks Seller since 30 June 1998
From Bernard Quaritch Ltd ABA ILAB, London, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 30 June 1998
About this Item
8vo, pp. vi, [4], 153, [1 (blank)]; with frontispiece, 10 plates, and 2 folding plans; very good in original green cloth, spine lettered in gilt, gilt vignette of yacht to upper cover, dark brown endpapers, label 'Bound by Burn & Co.' to rear pastedown; a little wear, spine ends, corners and hinges repaired; book label of Thomas Hutchinson of Morpeth.First edition of this privately printed account by the chemist and environmental scientist Angus Smith (1817-1884) recording his trip to Iceland aboard the 'Nyanza' in 1872 in the company of the chemist James 'Paraffin' Young (1811-1883) and Agnes Livingstone, daughter of the explorer, among others. 'We have finished our visit to Iceland in one small month . To speak for myself, I have never obtained more experience in one month of a character new to me, and I have never received so mjuch health in an equal period of time . Awe came also upon us in looking on some of the land; it was as if we saw a country scarcely finished . All men . may learn lessons from Iceland a land in which there is no person uneducated, in which every child is taught to read and to write' (Conclusion). The plates include some handsome photographic views.Provenance: Thomas Hutchinson (1856-1938), teacher, poet and avid book collector. Seller Inventory # T5058.442
Bibliographic Details
Title: To Iceland in a yacht . Not published.
Publisher: Edinburgh, privately printed by Edmonston & Douglas, May 1873.
Publication Date: 1873
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
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